1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. “Tell the Israelites to bring me gifts. Receive for me the gifts each person wants to give.
3. These are the gifts that you should receive from them: gold, silver, bronze;
4. blue, purple, and red thread; fine linen, goat hair,
5. sheepskins that are dyed red; fine leather; acacia wood;
6. olive oil to burn in the lamps; spices for sweet-smelling incense, and the special olive oil poured on a person’s head to make him a priest;
7. onyx stones, and other jewels to be put on the holy vest and the chest covering.
8. “The people must build a holy place for me so that I can live among them.
9. Build this Holy Tent and everything in it by the plan I will show you.
10. “Use acacia wood and build an Ark forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.
11. Cover the Ark inside and out with pure gold, and put a gold strip all around it.
12. Make four gold rings for the Ark and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.